The invention discloses an improved process for producing
copper alloy powder by a water atomization method. The process includes the steps: (1)
smelting by an
intermediate frequency furnace: adding nonmetallic ore elements and salt in the
smelting process; (2) performing water atomization pulverization; (3) performing vacuum suction filtering: adding composite antioxidants when suction filtering is performed; (4) treating the atomized water obtained by vacuum suction filtering, then recycling the treated atomized water, and
drying, screening and packing the obtained
copper alloy powder. The nonmetallic ore elements account for 0.5-0.7% of the weight of a
copper block, the salt accounts for 0.3-0.5% of the weight of the copper block, an ejecting angle ranges from 40 degrees to 45 degrees, a
spray nozzle is made of No.45 steel, the
diameter of a
package leaking hole ranges from 5mm to 8mm, atomization pressure ranges from 18Mpa to 25Mpa, the height of an atomization
barrel is 3m, cooling
water level ranges from 0.3m to 0.5m, and the composite antioxidants account for 0.05-0.15% of the weight of the copper block. By the aid of the improved process for producing the
copper alloy powder by the water atomization method, the produced spherical
copper alloy powder has the advantages of fine
sphericity and
formability, uniform components, excellent
sintering property, less
surface oxidation, low production cost, high production efficiency and stable product quality.